Jeweler&#39;s tray.



No. 743,859. PATENTE-D NOV. 10, 1903.

' 1). GOLDSMITH.

JEWELER'S TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1903. N0 MODEL. I 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATBNTED H0110; 1903.

D. GOLDSMITH. JEWELEBS TRAY. APPLICATION TILED r33. 28, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

I0 MODEL.

WITH/8858 UNITED STAT S Patented November 10, 1903.

DANIEL GOLDSMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

JEWELERS TRAY.

SIPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,859, dated November 10, 1903.

Application filed February 28,1903. Serial No.145,507. (No models To wZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL GOLDS ITH, a

citizen of the United States, residing in New York, borough of Manhattan, in'the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in J ewelers Trays, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a jewelers tray of simple and inexpensive construction adapted topermit the ready renewing of the cover and having the power of more securely holding the rings than the trays at present in common use.

The object is, further, to provide a tray which will hold rings of different thicknesses. The trays at present commonly employed are adapted to hold narrow or thin rings or thick and heavy rings, but not both-at all events not both in the same slot of the tray or adjacent each other in the same slot.

For carrying out this purpose the invention consists of a jewelers traycomprising a tray bodyor block having a series of slots, a detachable cover, of suitable fabric, extending continuously over said body transversely of and within said slots, and means for retaining said cover in position.

The invention consists, further, in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved jewelers tray. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical longitudinal sections on lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, Fig. 1. Fig.4,is a vertical transverse section on line 4. 4,Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the cover-retainers. Fig. 6is a plan view of the block forming the body of my improved tray, and Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the same block. Fig. 8 is a vertical section on the dot-and-dash line of Fig. '7.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the body or block of my improved jewelers tray. Said block or body is preferably composed of one piece of wood or other suitable inexpensive material. It comprises a plurality of individual members Ct, spaced ata suitable distance apart, and cross pieces a which extend transversely of the longitudinal members a of the block. This block,'as before stated, is preferably made in one piece. The grain of the wood runs in the direction of the base-strips 0, as indicated in Figs. 6 and 7. The block is formed by cutting in a blank block the slots 8 by means of a gang of circular saws and then turning the block over and passing the same in a transverse direction in contact with another gang of saws, thereby cutting out up to the bottom of the grooves s portions of the wood at the bottom of the block, leaving only the portions a which form thereby the'connecting-strips for the longitudinal members of the block. In the slots or grooves s are located at each side cushions a. Upon the upper surface of the block thus formed and in the slots or grooves between the cushions is appliedja cover or covering B, of suitable fabric. As it is the object of the invention to make the tray as nearly as possible of the same appearance as the common trays in use, it is preferable to employ for the cover B a velvet having a long pile and spaces extending in one direction of the fabricfrom which the pile has been cut or otherwise rev and are arranged parallel with each other at approximately the'sa'me distance apart as said grooves.

Said spaces, so-called and which appear as shallow grooves in the pile of the fabric, serve to divide the top of the tray transversely to the rin g-receivin g grooves into divisions and indicate to the user points for the location of the rings at regularlyspaced intervals in the ring-grooves. The

'cover is applied to the block A in such a manhaving some spring-tension. Each retaining-strip or cover-retainer O is of slightly greater length than the groove of the block in which it is intended to be placed and of less height than the same. It is covered with a suitable covering a, of any suitable durable thin fabric. The ends of the cover-retainer are bent at an angle to the body of the retainer, as indicated. The cover-retainers O are located in the grooves of the block at the lower portions of the same,.as shown in Fig. 2t'. 6., with the body portion of the same arranged in a vertical plane in said grooves. The bent ends 0' extend at the outside of the block over the end of one of the adjacent members a and are secured thereto by means of pins d or any other suitable fastening means. The cover-retainers C are made of such width-i. 6., heightas to extend in the grooves of the block sufiiciently in upward direction as to be engaged by the lower portions of the rings inserted in the grooves, and thereby act in connection with the cushions a as a means for retaining the rings on the tray and prevent their ready escape therefrom. This is clearly illustratedin Fig. 2, in

which the lower portion of a ring D is shown entered between the retainer 0 and the covered cushion a. The retainer 0 being made of spring metal yields, as indicated, and may yield in either direction to accommodate a ring inserted and when allthe rings are removed from a groove assumes again its normal central position. The retainers O, in connection with the cushions a, enable the secure holding and retaining in upright position of rings of different width at adjacent portions in the length of the same groove 17.

The block A, with its cover B and retainers C, is inclosed and the tray completed by means of an exterior frame E, which comprises connected side walls e, forminga suitable shell having an overhanging lip e at its upper portion and a removable bottom 6 The frame is made of such size as to frictionally secure the outer edges a of the cover, which for this purpose overlap upon the sides of the block, as indicated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, said frame securing the cover in place at its edges thereby and by means of the overhanging lip e, which also frictionally engages the cover and secures the frame at its edge upon the block. The cover may also be tightly glued at its edges to the block. Small retainer-blocks e glued to the frame below the block, serve to retain the coverand block against the overhanging lip e. The bottom 6 of the frame is preferably a closed bottom and is secured in the shell 6 of the frame by friction with the same or by any suitable means. The frame may be made of wood, metal, or any other material of suitable strength and appearance.

It is obvious that the interior body of the tray may be made in a square or rectangular form, circular, oval, or in any other desired shape, the exterior frame being made in any such form as to properly inclose the block and secure the cover at its edges.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Ajewelers tray, consisting ofabody portion provided with aseries of parallel grooves, a detachable cover extending upon said body portion and in said grooves and means securing said cover to said body portion, substantially as set forth.

2. A jewelers tray, consisting of a body portion provided with a series of parallel grooves, a cover extending upon said body portion and in said grooves, detachable cover-retainers adapted to retain said cover in said grooves, and means for securing said cover at its edges to said body portion, substantially as set forth.

3. A jewelers tray, consisting of a body portion provided with a series of parallel grooves, a cover extending upon said body portion and in said grooves, removable retaining devices arranged in said grooves at the lower portion of the same and a removable frame at the exterior of said body portion, substantially as set forth.

4.. A jewelers tray,consisting of a body portion provided witha series of parallel grooves, a cover extending upon said body portion and in said grooves, yielding and removable retaining devices arranged in said grooves at the lowerportion of the same, and removable means for retaining said cover to said body portion at its edges, substantially as set forth.

5. A jewelers tray,consisting of abod y portion provided with a series of parallel grooves, a cover extending upon said body portion and in said grooves, and vertically-arranged laterally-yielding retaining devices arranged at the lower portions of said grooves, substantially as set forth.

6. Ajewelers tray,consisting of abody portion provided with a series of parallel grooves, a cover extending upon said body portion and in said grooves, a retaining device arranged in each groove at the lower portion of the same and consisting of a strip of suitable material provided with angularly-bent outer ends extending at the outside of said body portion, and means securing said retaining devices at said bent ends detachably to said body portion, substantially as set forth.

7. A jewelers tray,consisting of a body portion provided with a series of parallel grooves, a cover extending upon said body portion and in said grooves, a retaining device arranged in each groove at the lower portion of the same, and consisting of a strip of suitable material provided with angularly-bent outer ends extending at the outside of \said body portion, means securing said retaining devices at said bent ends detachably to said body portion, and a frame inclosing said body portion at its sides for covering the exposed ends of the retaining devices, substantially as set forth.

8. A jewelers tray,consisting of a body portion provided with a series of parallel grooves, a cover extendingupon said body portion and in said grooves, a retaining device arranged in each groove at the lower portion of the same, and consisting of a strip of suitable material provided with angularly-bent outer ends extending at the outside of said body portion, means securing said retaining devices at said ends detachably to said body portion, and a frame inclosing said body portion at its sides and adapted to engage the outer edges of the cover for retaining the same upon the block, substantially as set forth.

9. A jeweiers tray, consisting of a body portioii, provided with a series of parallel ringgrooves,and a cover extending upon said body I portion and in said grooves and provided with ring locating means arranged transversely to said ring-grooves, substantially as set forth. Y

10. A jewelers tray, consisting of a body portion comprising a plurality of parallel body-strips spaced apart, cushions on the opposing vertical sides of said strips, a cover extending upon said body portion and in the grooves between said cushions, a verticallyarranged laterally-yielding retaining device located in each groove, and provided with bent ends extending upon the outside of the same, and overlapping upon one of said bent strips, said retaining-strips being each covered with a suitable fabric, means securing said angnlarly-bent ends of said retainingstrips detachably to said body-strips at the ends of the same, said cover overlapping the sides of said body portion, and a frame inclosing said body portion at the sides of the same and provided at its upper portion with an inwardly-projecting overhanging lip and a detachable bottom removably secured in said frame for retaining said body portion in posiltion' against said lip, substantially as set fort 11. A jewelers tray, consisting of a body portion or block formed in one piece, and provided with a series of parallel grooves, a cover extending upon-said body portion and in said grooves, means securing said cover remov- DANIEL GOLDSMITH.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

